Ottawa, Ontario, July 10, 2002 - MODEL Technologies Inc., a developer of context management software that puts information in context, announced today that it has joined the Hummingbird Technology Alliance Program.

Joining the Technology Alliance Program marks the continuation of MODEL's long-term relationship with Hummingbird. MODEL will develop ContextPortal connector for Hummingbird DM.

Hummingbird DM transforms document-based electronic information into knowledge assets with an enterprise-ready platform that facilitates the capture, sharing, and protection of corporate content resources. User queries are easily executed across global DM repositories, enabling users to find and control documents and easily distribute them for review, collaboration, and publication with project teams inside and outside the traditional corporate landscape.

MODEL's ContextPortal software and solutions enhance existing content management investments to provide timely access to relevant content across the extended enterprise. ContextPortal puts corporate information in context leveraging the existing legacy content management systems.

About Hummingbird Ltd. (www.hummingbird.com)

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Hummingbird Ltd. is a global enterprise software company employing over 1400 people in nearly 40 offices around the world. Hummingbird develops enterprise software solutions that provide the ability to access and act upon all business-critical information and resources, aggregated and categorized through a standardized web-based user interface. Today, five million users rely on Hummingbird to connect, manage, access, publish and search their enterprise content.

About MODEL Technologies Inc. (www.model.ca)

Founded in 1994, MODEL Technologies Inc. is an Ottawa-based R&D company that develops technology and tools that enable organizations to evolve from information management to knowledge management. Our primary emphasis is on research and development of context and knowledge management products and applications.